Book Notes

Sunday

Oct 27, 2013 at 2:00 AM

Centerville Library prepares its addition PLUS Falmouth chooses ...

CENTERVILLE LIBRARY CLOSED

But don't worry it will reopen! The newly expanded library on Main Street will close from Monday through Nov. 11 to transfer parts of the library's collections to the new addition, to finish work on the childrens' and teens' rooms and to refurbish the current library. Do not drop off due books at the library; use another CLAMS library.

FALMOUTH CHOOSES ...

"Frankenstein" as its 2014 townwide book. The Falmouth Reads Together Committee has chosen this classic by Mary Shelley, which has given birth to scores of sequels in the form of books and movies, to gather readers young and old together. The first event will be held Jan. 25 when Emerson College Professor Roseanne Montillo comes to Falmouth to discuss her book, "The Lady and Her Monsters."

GARRETT MEMOIR

Brad Garrett, the comic and Emmy-winning actor from "Everybody Loves Raymond," has a deal with Gallery Books for the memoir "When the Balls Drop: How I Learned to Give Up, Stop Trying, and Enjoy Life's Second Half." The book is scheduled for 2015. Garrett, 53, also plans to base a TV show on his memoir, according to Gallery. His many film and TV credits include "Finding Nemo," "Seinfeld" and "Night at the Museum."

ELLROY BACK TO L.A.

James Ellroy is returning to the scene of his greatest literary success, the 1940s, in a new four-book series. The lead title is "Perfidia" and is coming in fall 2014 from Knopf. Ellroy hit the big time with his updated noir novels, "The Black Dahlia," "The Big Nowhere," "L.A. Confidential" and "White Jazz," also known as the L.A. Quartet. Set in 1940s Los Angeles, the books started with classic Raymond Chandler-style noir fiction and then loaded up on police bigotry, brutal violence, sex and drugs. Since "White Jazz's" publication in 1992, Ellroy moved forward in time, and beyond the confines of Los Angeles, with three other novels. He's also written two memoirs, "My Dark Places" and "The Hilliker Curse." Now he's headed back to the 1940s in what he's calling the Second L.A. Quartet. In a statement, the author said he plans to "take characters - both fictional and real-life — from the first two extended bodies of work and place them in Los Angeles during World War II — as significantly younger people."